Five things to watch for UVA basketball vs Northeastern

Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty ImagesThe Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball teams comes out of their exam break ranked in the top-25 in both polls for the first time this season. They get one tune-up before their first true road test against a solid Memphis team. But this game is Northeastern, who are ranked 211th on KenPom and are 0-4 against KenPom top-200 teams.

These two schools have played once before, back in 1989. That was part of the Virginia Tipoff Tournament (which was apparently a thing). Virginia rolled 82-60 led by 23 points from Bryant Stith.

Virginia figures to control this one, as they have all of the “lower” teams they’ve faced this season. With that mind, let’s talk about…